Format:Swiss rounds (single games) with a top cut (playing best two of three games).
Bring your game cartridge and your Nintendo 3DS.
Format is Double Team Battles. Swiss pairings. We will have a team list form for you to complete when you register.

New players are welcome!

Game Cartridge to useFor events starting January 1, 2015 (Blue Bell on Jan 2) – you must use a Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire game cartridge. Check pokemon.com for other rules for the new game.

Team lists are required. Click the link below for a printable team list – be prepared and bring a team list with you. Blank team lists will be available at the event.

Note: Hack checks will be performed throughout the event. Please be sure that you have applied the latest updates for your system and game.

Prizes: based on attendance, Play! Points: 2

Championship Point Distribution:

Best Finish Limit: 5

1st wins 40 Championship Points

2nd wins 32 Championship Points

3–4 each win 26 Championship Points

5–8 each win 20 Championship Points (Kicker – 16 players)

9–12 each win 14 Championship Points (Kicker – 32 players)

13–16 each win 8 Championship Points (Kicker – 32 players)

The kicker means that this is the number of players that need to be playing in the age group for the championship points to be awarded.

MTG Dragons of Tarkir Game Day – Saturday, April 18th at all AU stores!

Alternate Universes will be holding Dragons of Tarkir Game Day Tournaments on Saturday, April 18th at our Holmes, Blue Bell, and Wilmington stores. The tournament will begin at 6 PM at Holmes, 7 PM at Blue Bell, and 3 PM at Wilmington. Registration opens one hour before the start time of the event.

Entry fee is $5.00

Game Day events are Standard-format tournaments. The Standard format uses only the newest sets the game has to offer. The current block, the block that was released the previous fall, and the most recent core set are all legal to play in a Standard deck.

For more information on Standard, click here. The following sets are Standard legal: Theros, Born of the Gods, Journey Into Nyx , Magic 2015, Khans of Tarkir, Fate Reforged, and Dragons of Tarkir (effective March 27th).

Prizes

Pack prizes will be awarded to top finishers. As well, all participants will receive an exclusive Scaleguard Sentinels full art promo card (while supplies last). The Top 8 players will each receive an exclusive Thunderbreak Regent full art foil promo card. The cards are awarded to the Top 8 players even if the tournament cuts only to the Top 4. In addition, the 1st-place winner of the Fate Reforged Game Day will receive an exclusive playmat (see picture above).

Alternate Universes will be hosting two Pokemon XY Roaring Skies Prerelease Events! All prereleases will be Sealed Pack tournaments.

Players will each receive 6 booster packs of the new set with which to build a deck and play for 4 rounds. Basic Energy will be available. Each player will also receive 2 more boosters as a participation prize.

Entry fee: $30 at the door, $26 when preregistering online
Preregister up to the Thursday night before the event for $26 by following the links on PhiladelphiaPokemon.com/tcgprereleases to the prerelease of your choice.

Alternate Universes is taking pre-orders for MTG Dragons of Tarkir booster boxes, cases, and Fat Packs! Come in to any of our stores through Thursday, March 26th and pre-order your product today at awesome discounted prices!

For box pre-orders, you’ll also get the Dragons of Tarkir buy-a-box promo card (one per person)!

Pre-orders must be paid in-full up front, and they guarantee you your Dragons of Tarkir products at the time of release (Friday, March 27). Prices for Dragons of Tarkir boxes will otherwise will be $120 plus tax, so come in and pre-order your boxes ASAP!

Yu-Gi-Oh Geargia Structure Deck and Dragon Ball Z now on sale at all AU stores!

Geargia Decks are one of the hottest tournament Deck themes for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, and are at the core of the brand new Geargia Rampage Structure Deck! Geargia cards are versatile and really good: their strategy is based around teamwork and Geargia monsters can Special Summon more Geargia monsters, or add them to your hand for free. Since Geargia monsters are also Machine-Type, you can even use them with other Machine monsters from other Decks to perform some explosive combos. Things only get better for Geargia strategies with the introduction of three new monster cards including a brand new Geargia Xyz Monster that can shut down your opponent’s cards during battle. New Duelists can now get their hands on these popular cards while advanced Duelists can support their existing Geargia Decks or other Machine-Type Decks to bolster their strategies.

Panini America, the leading global publisher of licensed sports and entertainment collectibles, is bringing the popular Dragon Ball Z card game back to the market for the first time since 2004.

The 2014 edition features more than 200 new cards, reprints of past fan favorites and is completely compatible with the original series. The new game was developed by Panini America Brand ManagerAik Tongtharadol, a former Dragon Ball Z world champion who also worked on the original Dragon Ball Z Trading Card Game, most recently in 2004.

Panini America has released a 69-card 2014 Dragon Ball Z Starter Deck ($14.95 SRP) that features five Prizm technology cards and one parallel in every deck; 12-card Booster Packs will carry a $4.00 SRP. Both Starter Decks and Booster Packs will feature exclusive cards.